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Tanesha MundleSunday, September 01, 2013A veteran teacher of Trench Town High School last week faced the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on allegations that he faked his business administration degree.Selvin Stewart, who taught for 21 years at the school, was arrested after he reportedly failed to produce the original certificate for the degree, which he allegedly claimed he earned at Northern Caribbean University (NCU).Stewart reportedly started working at Trench Town in 1991 and four years later was given one year’s study leave to complete his degree.However, on Wednesday when the Kingston 13 resident appeared in court, his attorney Patrick Bailey told Magistrate Georgianna Fraser that he was innocent and a trial date was scheduled for September 6. Stewart’s bail was then extended.According to the police, the newly appointed chairman of the school received information that there were teachers at the school with fraudulent degrees and requested that they submit the original documentation for their qualifications.However, it is alleged that Stewart did not submit the document, which aroused suspicion. As a result, his file was examined and subsequent checks made at NCU to verify a copy of his qualification that was on his file revealed that he had never attended the institution. It is further alleged that checks also revealed that Stewart does not have any Caribbean Examination Council passes.However, the court was also told that checks made by the police revealed that Stewart, who at the time of his resignation was head of the school’s business department, was an excellent teacher and that several of his students were successful in their examinations.
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Veteran teacher accused of faking degree
